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The frontpage for ST day 2023 at startrek.com does not have Kirk nor Spock in the banner

Got Reasonable Space Dad there, front and center and big as life.* Yes!

So, you've got one or two characters from each series - Picard and STD each have two, the other shows have one apiece.

*Yeah, well, if you've got a really, really big monitor.
 
Serveaux said:
So, you've got one or two characters from each series - Picard and STD each have two, the other shows have one apiece.
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I count different.

Nobody from ENT
Nobody from TNG (they have old Picard if it counts)
If old Picard counts for TNG, then Old Seven counts for VOY so they have two

I love Uhura but really, no original Kirk no original Spock that is weird
 
Plus the whole "starships are characters" argument, so TOS is represented by two, Voyager by three, TNG by two.

Despite this, I see no issue with it.

But, once I put my tin foil hat on I will definitely see an issue.

Tosk said:
Kirk and Spock have been on countless images, and are forever a permanent part of the Trek universe. It's okay not to feature them once in a while.
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This is pure marketing 101. Leading with what they want to focus on the most. SNW is showing strong presence and they are capitalizing on it.
 
It's true, they skipped Enterprise, didn't they?

I'd say that they just ignored the shows that got cancelled by their networks, but Uhura is up there representing TOS. :lol:
 
leaving off the two most iconic characters in the history of the franchise is certainly a choice. But really it’s pretty meh. They were clearly going all in on female representation and that’s not a bad thing. At least TOS is still represented.

Leaving out Enterprise is a bigger slap in the face. Your telling me you can’t slide Archer in there instead of Georgiou or Seven?
 
At least they have the REAL Enterprise.

I would begrudge them Georgiou but she DID just win an Oscar.

And Pike is the BOSS.
Jayson1 said:
It's Star Trek day? Anybody getting the day off from work for the new holiday?
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I don't even get Columbus day off. (Now THERE is a captain who was canceled!)
 
Is someone trying to erase Dal and the Prodigy gang from history? This could be the same faction which destroyed the Romulan sun in the Temporal War. Prodigy is set just before this catastrophic galactic ‘supernova’ event in the early 2380’s, an event which resulted in unthinkable destruction, having tremendous implications which rippled both forward and backwards in time affecting the prime timeline leading in to the 25th century *and* other multiverses such as the JJ-verse in the 23rd century with the destruction of Vulcan. Perhaps someone wants to prevent Dal saving the Romulan sun so cancelled the series and erased any presence of the toon from Star Trek Day. :eek: :D
 
The general lack of TOS is pretty strange considering Star Trek day is the day TOS debuted, it's not just randomly selected. It'd be like if Disney celebrated the anniversary of SW 77 and put up a pic of a bunch of newer characters who weren't in the original movie. But I guess the goal is always to promote the new stuff, it is ultimately marketing.
 
The selections are a snapshot of mostly what's going on now, a little of where it all began, and some highlights in-between. But mostly what's going on now, recently, or upcoming. With so many series, some stuff's going to start being left out, as time marches on.

  • Nichelle Nichols passed away. So, TOS Uhura makes sense. Also, TOS representation.
  • Pike, Burnham, Picard, and Mariner are obvious as the stars of their respective series. SNW front-and-center because SNW is the flavor of the month.
  • VOY Janeway is them having their cake and eating it too. She's doubling as '90s Trek representation and Prodigy. They don't have animated Janeway since Paramount+ took off PRO.
  • Georgiou because Michelle Yeoh won an Academy Award and, whether you like it or not, the S31 TV Movie was greenlit.
  • Seven because of Picard and, whether some of you like it or not, there's a push for Legacy that even Akiva Goldsman supports. So, I see this as a nod.
  • Sisko, I'm guessing '90s Trek representation and maybe they want to work in more DS9. Without going into specifics, they've already started to in small ways.
  • Then you have the TOS Enterprise as a nod to where it all began; the Enterprise-D and Voyager as nod to '90s Trek, and the Discovery as a nod to now.

There you have it. Spock's not in it, but they can have him some other time. They put the TOS spotlight on Uhura this year. It looks like Discovery will have 2024 all to itself, but 2025 will be a big SNW year. So we might get to see Spock on a banner then.

As far as Kirk? Anson Mount is the star of SNW, not Paul Wesley. Then there's William Shatner. As far as I know, the Shat has either shat on New Trek even though he hasn't seen it, or he's been civil at best. He was the most cordial when he told Paul Wesley congratulations. So I'm not getting the sense that the relationship between William Shatner and Kurtzman Trek is anything too buddy-buddy.

When SNW starts ending, Kirk becomes Captain, and Spock becomes First Officer, they'll make them prominent in these banners.
 
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